Try A Little Tenderness

[This is for you] Ooh she may be wearyAnd them young girls they do get wearyWearing that same old shaggy dressBut when they get weary[You gotta] try a little tenderness

[Tell you, might not believe it, but]You know she's waitingJust anticipatingThe thing that she'll never, never, possess,no,noBut while [all the time] she's without itGo to her and try just a little bit of tenderness[Thats all you gentlemen gotta do]

Oh,but its one thingIt might be a bit sentimental yeah, yeahShe has - her greaves and careBut the soft words [they] are spoken so gentleYeahBut, oh, that makes it, makes it easier to bear, yeah